Achronum
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Washington D.C.: September 9th, 2020 - 7:50 PM
Requiem wouldn't know to look for invisible mutants in the room, but his perceptive abilities are not too shabby. He will notice Jinx's appalling skills in making drinks, something not being quite right with Glimpse, and it will finally occur to him that Emma isn't calm - she's furious. Of course, everyone in the room will be able see ice suddenly form out of nowhere on Emma, quickly followed by the White Queen switching into her diamond form. When like this, she is immune to psychic powers - yet also does not have access to her own telepathy and telekinesis. She gains superhuman strength, durability, and stamina though, making her no less dangerous than in her natural form.
The White Queen laughed slightly, looking like the cat who ate the canary as she smirked, her eyes flickering over towards her fellow members of the Hellfire Club as if Sapphire was just a child with a toy gun. "To me, my heroes," she then said, breaking the silence as she alluded to the famous quote of Professor Xavier, leader of the X-Men.
Veil managed to keep herself and Max invisible, but she couldn't do the same for Sapphire and Havok. Maybe some of this footage would be useful for Max and be a reason to keep on filming, but so far, none of them had done anything incriminating yet. If anything, the footage would be more dangerous to the Mutant Underground as Sapphire had attacked Emma Frost, CEO of Frost International, first. Any and all actions here could be considered self defense, especially since the Mutant Underground folks had snuck into a secure area.
"Hey, Frosty. Still pining after my brother?" Havok teased, before he fired off circular beams of energy at Anastasia. Sometimes he still would shake his hips to send them off as hula hoops, but he had a device clipped to his shirt that helped him to focus his energies into a singular blast. It made aiming easier and he hit Anastasia, knocking her off the couch and onto the ground. She was lucky she didn't hit her head on the coffee table.
Veil threw her hand out, creating a small force field in front of Sapphire just in time, as Emma Frost punched the field as hard as she could. And due to how Veil's shields worked, all of the energy and momentum was transferred to the Mutant Underground leader, sending her flying to the back of the elevator. Her extremely bushy hair managed to soften the blow significantly. Of course, the resounding thud let Emma Frost and everyone in the room know where another invisible assailant was.
"Connards," Veil cursed, becoming visible - Max then would no longer be invisible as well. That was unfortunate - but so was the fact that from the rapid escalation of the already building tension in the room, Glimpse hadn't received information on where Shaw was. But even if they had answered her, would they have told the truth?
It was probably for the best that Casper's phone still didn't have signal - it was a bad time for a drug deal. The living séance finally slipped into unconsciousness from his injuries. As he drifted off, he could have sworn that he was back in Sephora and all of his favorite eyeshadow palettes were on sale. Ben tried to shake him awake, but each time he grabbed Casper his hands just went straight through him. "I hate being dead!" he complained. "Help! Somebody help!!!!!" Ben screamed, knowing it would do no good but he still had to try.
"MY BEST FRIEND IS DYING NOW WILL SOMEONE PLEASE DO SOMETHING!!!!!!"
No one heard that, obviously. Ward got back up to his feet again, like some sort of racist Captain America. He spat in Jack's face, though it was really more blood than saliva at this rate. "You should have gone back to the fucking hellscape you came from!" Ward advised Jack, before swinging a punch at him. He missed, but barely. Using the already established momentum, he went in for another punch and connected, hitting Jack in the mouth. Ward stumbled slightly, his battered face sapping his stamina and making it difficult for him to see. "This is our fucking country! You're a bunch of goddamn roaches!"
He then wrapped his hands around Jack's neck and lifted his knee up at the same time as he slammed Jack's face down. However, the Purifier certainly wasn't the brightest person around - thanks to Jack's natural elasticity, Ward ended up being thrown off balance and he tumbled to the ground, Jack falling on top of him and pinning him.
Meanwhile, Blink had gotten the last few living Morlocks to safety - she had transported them to the nearest Morlock Community. It just so happened to be the Baltimore Morlocks. Shutting down the portal, Blink was panting and crying as she ran out of the main hideout, looking for other survivors. Each time she saw the fallen form of one of her friends, her knees became a little weaker. It made her glad that most of the newcomers had decided to leave - would she have found Leighton's body on the ground? Maybe James'? Or Max's?
"Hello? C-Can anyone hear me?" Blink asked, before she rounded a corner and saw Sunshine weeping in the midst of what could only be described as a horrific and bloody tragedy. The elder mutant picked up at the pace, going at a run over towards the young girl. "Hey, hey kid, are you hurt? I need you to answer me, I know this is scary, but are you injured?" Blink asked, putting a hand on Sunshine's back.
"I'm okay," she sniffled. "Erg... He..."
Blink nodded, fighting back tears. Too many tears and her vision would be blurred, preventing her from being able to see - as well as from being able to make portals if she couldn't "see" the dimensional energy all around them. "Come on, we're going to go find others," Blink told her firmly, putting an arm around Sunshine as she got the girl to her feet.
They weren't too far from where Casper was and Blink held her breath, checking for a pulse - it was faint, but it was there. She let out a sigh of relief. "Kid, keep pressure on the wound," she then said, hearing Jack and Ward down the tunnel a little further. "I need to go deal with someone."
"Well done!" Colossus praised, an honest smile on his steely face as he looked at the young mutants gathered around him - or rather, the New Mutants. They had managed to complete the objective of the exercise faster than most - they realized that they needed to work together in order to overcome a superior foe. "You have learned first lesson. We are stronger together," he added, just in case anyone had been confused as to the purpose of the training exercise.
"Let me guess, they get participation trophies now?" Negasonic asked, typing away at her phone nonstop until Waverley mentioned the radio transmissions she had picked up. No matter what happened, Negasonic never stopped texting. This was enough to make the young rogue's blood run cold as she tossed her phone aside carelessly and looked up. Educated at Xavier's school, Negasonic knew exactly who the Black King was - Sebastian Shaw, the very man Veil and the others had gone off to investigate thanks to Glimpse's intel.
Colossus looked at Waverley intently. "Do you know how far they are?" he asked her, very concerned. He didn't know if she idly picked up transmissions when they were close by or if the range didn't really matter for her powers - his worry was that these people, members of the Hellfire Club, were right outside, coming to attack. They were incredibly short staffed and if they did come, it would be up to him and the people currently in the training room to protect the Underground station. "Tunnels... I do not know. Morlock tunnels are hard to find," he then told James, trying to reassure him.
All of the sudden, one of Spark Plug's powers began to act up - her empathy. She would feel this intense crippling desire and need, it would be overwhelming and bring her down to her knees. Previously, she only would have felt this sort of thing from hardcore drug addicts in the thralls of addiction, off to go and get a fix. The feelings certainly aren't coming from anyone in the room, so who could they be from?
It was a short lived mystery.
Two individuals suddenly materialized on the staircase - Magik and Vulcan. Colossus' eyes widened and from pure shock, he shifted out of his steel form and back into his natural one. He definitely recognized the girl - though there was no recognition in hers. She would have been considered beautiful and stunning, if it wasn't for the deep, red circles around her eyes - anyone who had seen an addict before would realize the cause.
"Boo," Vulcan said, before sending yellow energy blasts from his hands not at any of the mutants present, but the pillars. If these pillars were destroyed, it would only be a matter of time before the entire structure of the Mutant Underground station was compromised, making it liable to collapse. Magik projected eldritch energy around her hands, before her sword (called the Soulsword) materialized.
"Illyana..." Colossus said softly, as Magik charged at Colossus and Moonwalker, out for blood and with the intent to kill.
The second phase of the Mutant Massacre had begun.
